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United Express Flight Makes Emergency Landing at D/FW Airport

A commercial airline flight made an emergency landing Wednesday evening at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

United Express Flight 6183, operated by Mesa Airlines, was traveling from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Antonio International Airport when the pilot had to make a controlled descent of approximately 20,000 feet in a matter of moments over East Texas.

As a precaution, medical crews responded to the aircraft once it landed at D/FW Airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration said no injuries were reported.

NBC 5 has reached out to United and Mesa for more information on what led to the emergency landing.

According to United, Flight 6183 arrived in San Antonio at 12:04 a.m. Thursday, more than three hours later than scheduled.

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